tuirne
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
tuirne m (genitive singular tuirne, nominative plural tuirní)
- spinning wheel (device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle)
Declension
Declension of tuirne
Derived terms
- tuirne lín (“goatsucker, nightjar”)
- tuirne Mháire (“a trouncing”)
- tuirneáil (“(act of) beating, trouncing”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tuirne | thuirne | dtuirne |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuirne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tuirne”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “tuirne”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024